.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its lot of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly anchored to the orbiting lab's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the agency's web site. Hatch position is planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA web content through a wide array of systems, featuring social media sites.The moment aboard, the trio is going to sign up with Trip 71 staff members, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month keep for Dyson and a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to devote around six months aboard the periodic station accelerating scientific investigation as Trip 71/72 staff members just before coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Exploration 72, 2 brand-new teams will certainly come in aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his mission and also obtain the most up to date space station crew news on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station investigation and functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- edge-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Leah CheshierJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.